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Apr 21, 2018 Social affairs

Customs officials raid Korean Air over alleged tax evasion by chairman's daughter

Customs officials raided the headquarters of Korean Air Lines Co. and the residence of the chairman's daughter on Saturday to look into allegations that the heiress didn't pay duties on luxury goods brought into the country.Investigators from the Korea Customs Service stormed into the main office of the country's biggest airline in western Seoul and the house of Cho Hyun-min, Korean Air's senior vice president. (Yonhap)Cho is also under probe over allegations that she threw water in the face of

[Newsmaker] Police say lawmaker was in contact with comment rigger

Democratic Party Rep. Kim Kyung-soo had communicated with a blogger accused of manipulating online opinions, the police said Friday, contradicting earlier statements. According to the latest revelations, Kim had sent the blogger, known by the online name Druking, links to news articles about President Moon Jae-in in what they suspect was an attempt to ramp up the number of clicks on “Agree” on a local search engine -- an equivalent of Facebook’s “Like.” Rep. Kim Kyoung-soo of the ruling Democrat

Apr 21, 2018
Social affairs
State auditor directly orders probe into allegations involving senior official, USKI

The chief of the state audit agency has directly ordered an investigation into allegations that a senior agency official used her status and that of her husband to demand that a US think tank accept her as a visiting scholar, an official said Friday.Choe Jae-hyeong, head of the Board of Audit and Inspection, issued the instruction after an opposition lawmaker raised the allegations Thursday and made public an email that the senior official, surnamed Jang, sent to the US-Korea Institute of Johns

Apr 20, 2018
Social affairs
Appeals court clears ex-Seoul prosecution chief of violating anti-graft law

A Seoul appellate court on Friday upheld a lower court ruling that found Lee Young-ryeol, a former chief of the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, not guilty of corruption.The Seoul High Court handed down the decision on Lee, 60, who was indicted for violating the anti-graft law, which mainly bans exchanges of gifts between public officials and those with ties to them.He was accused of giving free meals and money to his subordinates during a dinner early last year. He provided each of t

Apr 20, 2018
Social affairs
Number of farmers, fishermen continues to fall in S. Korea

SEJONG -- The number of South Koreans in the agrofisheries sector is continuing to decrease amid a rapid aging and urbanization trend in the country, government data showed Friday.Households engaging in the farming business totaled 1.04 million last year, down 2.5 percent from 1.07 million tallied a year ago, according to the data compiled by Statistics Korea.The number of farmers also dropped 3 percent on-year to 2.42 million.(Yonhap)In the fishing sector, the number of families fell 0.4 percen

Apr 20, 2018
Social affairs
Embassy warns Indians not to fall prey to online theft

The Indian Embassy in Seoul has issued a warning for Indian citizens in Korea not to fall for fake calls asking them to transfer money electronically to a bank account. The diplomatic mission told The Korea Herald that it has received complaints from the local Indian community that they received calls from strangers requesting the transfer of money to the Indian embassy, starting in early February. The caller identified the call receivers’ dates of birth, addresses both in Korea and India as wel

Apr 20, 2018
Social affairs
Police admit to having evidence linking ruling party lawmaker to Internet comment rigger

Police on Friday revealed fresh evidence linking a ruling party lawmaker to alleged online opinion rigging amid criticism that the authorities held back information related to the politically sensitive probe.Police are investigating the suspected massive manipulation of Internet comments on news articles, which was allegedly led by an influential blogger nicknamed Druking.The former member of the ruling Democratic Party and his two accomplices allegedly used a software program to jack up the num

Apr 20, 2018
Social affairs
Gender bias rampant in Korean TV entertainment shows: study

Korean television entertainment shows are still replete with gender stereotypes and even comical portrayals of sexual violence, according to a recent study.The Korean Institute for Gender Equality Promotion and Education said on Thursday that monitoring of the 33 most watched TV entertainment shows aired in the first seven days of March found 56 cases of gender bias. This was eight times the number of cases in which content promoted gender equality over the same period, and nearly triple the 19

Apr 20, 2018
Social affairs
Reading online comments may mislead one’s perception: study

Amid the ongoing online rigging scandal involving ex-members of the ruling Democratic Party, a study has shown that readers’ comments on news portals can heavily influence one’s perception of an individual or current affairs -- regardless of whether they have any logic or substance.　　Three ex-members of the ruling party, all currently in custody, are accused of using a computer program that artificially ramps up the number of clicks on “agree” -- South Korea’s dominant search engine Naver’s equi

Apr 19, 2018
Social affairs
Korea mulls over reintroducing disposable cup deposit

South Korea is gearing up to reintroduce the deposit system for disposable cups as a way to prevent another recyclable waste crisis.In its statement on Thursday, the Ministry of Environment announced that it “would prepare a comprehensive plan to reduce disposable materials and promote recycling and provide the legal base for the deposit system for disposable cups.”With the deposit system, customers who return the used disposable cups will get the deposits back. The system had been shut down in

Apr 20, 2018
Social affairs
Mental institution probed for alleged medical negligence

Police said Wednesday they have launched a probe into a patient’s death at a hospital in Daegu, after he had reportedly been tied down to a bed. The hospital treats patients suffering from alcoholism and mental illnesses. According to police on Wednesday, the deceased was found unconscious in the isolation ward with both arms tied to bed posts at approximately 7 a.m. Tuesday. (Yonhap)The nurse reportedly attempted CPR upon arrival on scene. Despite her efforts, the nurse said the patient died a

Apr 19, 2018
Social affairs
Korean Air passenger probed for shouting, throwing food

A man has been questioned by police for causing a disturbance on a flight bound for Incheon.The man, who is from Russia and in his 50s, is accused of shouting and throwing the tray of an in-flight meal, Incheon International Airport Police said Thursday. He is also accused of forcefully pushing one of the flight attendants serving the meals.The man was on board a Korean Air plane departing from Phuket, Thailand. He was scheduled to return home via Vladivostok International Airport after transfer

Apr 20, 2018
Social affairs
Korea to complete vaccination of pigs against FMD this week

South Korea will complete the vaccination of local pig farms this week to prevent the further spread of foot-and-mouth disease, the government said Thursday.The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has been inoculating pigs across the nation with A-type FMD vaccines, with the inoculations set to be completed by Saturday.The ministry has stepped up quarantine efforts against the animal disease following this year's first outbreak at a hog farm in Gimpo, west of Seoul, on March 2. Since

Apr 19, 2018
Social affairs
Police raid Korean Air in probe of chairman's daughter

Police raided the headquarters of Korean Air Lines Co. on Thursday as part of a probe into allegations that its senior executive, who is also a daughter of the company's chief, assaulted an advertising company official at a business meeting. Six officials from the Seoul Gangseo Police Station were sent to search the main office of the country's biggest airline in western Seoul and confiscate evidence, police said. Cho Hyun-min, the younger daughter of Chairman Cho Yang-ho, is accused of yelling

Apr 19, 2018
Social affairs
Korean hiker dies while trekking on US Pacific Crest Trail

LOS ANGELES -- A South Korean man died of a cardiovascular problem while trekking last week on a long-distance route in the western United States, the South Korean Consulate General in Los Angeles said Thursday, urging people to refrain from extreme exertion.The 65-year-old man, whose name was not released, collapsed on Friday while walking on a mountain road in the vicinity of San Diego, California, on the Pacific Crest Trail, which runs 2,663 miles from the US-Mexico border through California,

Apr 19, 2018
Social affairs

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